AMD Radeon HD 7970M vs NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

Comparative analysis of AMD Radeon HD 7970M and NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7970M

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 850 MHz vs 776 MHz
  • Around 83% higher texture fill rate: 68 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
  • 4.4x more pipelines: 1280 vs 288
  • 2.4x better floating-point performance: 2,176 gflops vs 894.0 gflops
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 40 nm
  • Around 2% lower typical power consumption: 100 Watt vs 102 Watt
  • 2x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 1 GB
  • Around 25% higher memory clock speed: 4800 MHz vs 3828 MHz
  • Around 76% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 3529 vs 2006
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 506 vs 443
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3339 vs 1914
  • Around 74% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3339 vs 1914
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 850 MHz vs 776 MHz
Texture fill rate 68 GTexel / s vs 37.2 GTexel / s
Pipelines 1280 vs 288
Floating-point performance 2,176 gflops vs 894.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm vs 40 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt vs 102 Watt
Maximum memory size 2 GB vs 1 GB
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz vs 3828 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 3529 vs 2006
PassMark - G2D Mark 506 vs 443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 vs 1914
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 vs 1914

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: AMD Radeon HD 7970M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
3529
2006
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
506
443
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
1914
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3339
1914
Name AMD Radeon HD 7970M NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM
PassMark - G3D Mark 3529 2006
PassMark - G2D Mark 506 443
Geekbench - OpenCL 22410
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 51.181
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 1121.002
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 5.355
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 81.527
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 256.99
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3339 1914
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 5094
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3692
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3339 1914
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Radeon HD 7970M NVIDIA GeForce GT 645 OEM

Essentials

Architecture GCN 1.0 Fermi 2.0
Code name Wimbledon GF114
Launch date 24 April 2012 24 April 2012
Place in performance rating 590 557
Type Laptop Desktop

Technical info

Core clock speed 850 MHz 776 MHz
Floating-point performance 2,176 gflops 894.0 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 28 nm 40 nm
Pipelines 1280 288
Texture fill rate 68 GTexel / s 37.2 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 100 Watt 102 Watt
Transistor count 2,800 million 1,950 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors No outputs 2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Interface MXM-B (3.0) PCIe 2.0 x16
Laptop size large
Supplementary power connectors None
Length 210 mm

API support

DirectX 12.0 (11_1) 12.0 (11_0)
OpenGL 4.5 4.6

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 2 GB 1 GB
Memory bandwidth 153.6 GB / s 91.9 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 192 Bit
Memory clock speed 4800 MHz 3828 MHz
Memory type GDDR5 GDDR5
Shared memory 0